Media Chuckle At Bio On Obama’s Kenya Birth
WND When Breitbart News published a story yesterday on the discovery of a 1991 publishers’ brochure that stated Barack Obama was born in Kenya, reporters scrambled to write their own stories. Well, some reporters. Others just chuckled. A Google search today of reports on the story found Fox News conspicuous in its absence. Also missing [...]
Read More →Active lava flow at Bagana volcano (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea)
VolcanoDiscovery A new NASA satellite image reveals a fresh lava flow on Bagana volcano’s eastern flank. It is unknown when the eruption started, but comparison with older images implies that it must have begun some time between March 2011 and February 2012. Bagana is of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, but extremely [...]
Read More →US draft defense budget envisages war with Iran – official
VOR The 2013 US draft defense budget stipulates unleashing hostilities against Iran, US Congressman Dennis Kusinich told reporters in Washington on Friday. He said that the document includes a special declaration that envisages deploying a large number of US combat aircraft and warships to the region where a protracted military campaign may start already next [...]
Read More →Unknown flying object nearly causes mid-air collision above Denver
ANI Aviation authorities are trying to figure out the mysterious flying object in the skies above Colorado that almost caused a mid-air crash. The object was sighted by a commercial jet pilot, who claimed to air traffic controllers that some kind of flying craft got too close for comfort on Monday. In a transmission that appeared on LiveATC.net, [...]
Read More →Russian convicted of leaking military secrets
NewsLeaks A Russian court has convicted an employee at a defence firm for passing on secrets about latest Russian weapons to a foreign intelligence service, and sentenced him to eight years in prison. Sverdlovsk regional court handed down the sentence to the Russian national on Friday. The Kommersant daily reported that these secrets concern the [...]
Read More →US to Give Israel Extra $70 million for Iron Dome
Al Manar The Pentagon announced it will provide the Zionist entity with an extra $70 million in the coming months for its Iron Dome missile system, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said after a meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday, CNN reported. The system uses small radar-guided missiles to blow up in midair [...]
Read More →U.S. considering lifting secrecy on drone strikes
ANI The Obama administration is considering a proposal to lift up secrecy from controversial drone strikes. The U.S. has recognized to lift the secrecy, as the expanding program has become a regular part of U.S. global counter terrorism operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. U.S. drone strikes are hardly a secret. Officials have spoken openly [...]
Read More →Fukushima Daiichi: It May Be Too Late Unless the Military Steps In
Akio Matsumura RSN The highly radioactive spent fuel assemblies at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plants present a clear threat to the people of Japan and the world. Reactor 4 and the nearby common spent fuel pool contain over 11,000 highly radioactive spent fuel assemblies, many of which are exposed to the open air. The cesium-137, the [...]
Read More →All temperature records broken as the U.S. sees extreme weather in 2012
Dorsi Diaz Examiner As of April 2012, The U.S. has shattered all previous weather records due to a warming climate, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The average temperature this year has been 45.4 degrees, up 5.4 degrees from the long-term average. In the time span between May 2011 to April 2012, the [...]
Read More →Small Earthquakes May Cause Surprisingly Big Tsunamis
OurAmazingPlanet Mysterious small tremors in the most earthquake-prone areas on Earthmay be the cause of surprisingly large tsunamis, researchers say. These findings might also shed light on the huge tsunami generated by the disastrous magnitude 9.0 quake that hit Japan in 2011. Nearly all of the 10 largest recorded earthquakes on Earth happened along subduction zones, where one of [...]
Read More →Mutations ‘storm’ may drive cancer, new research suggests
WalesOnline A sudden “storm” of genetic mutations may be one of the major driving forces behind breast cancer, new research has shown. The discovery was made by a British-led team of scientists who carried out detailed genetic studies of the evolution of 21 breast cancers. They found that mutations, alterations in DNA, first accumulated in [...]
Read More →Moody’s cuts ratings of 16 Spanish banks
RT The European banking industry has suffered another crushing blow after Moody’s ratings agency downgraded the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks, citing the weakened government’s ability to support some banks. The agency downgraded the long-term debt and deposit ratings by one to three notches for 16 Spanish banks and Santander UK PLC, a UK-domiciled [...]
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